>We reported both positive and negative predictive values in the study. Of patients with EEG spikes or slowing, the positive predictive value tells us about 60% will develop epilepsy.
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>The negative predictive value is also important. When a long EEG was completely clear, the negative predictive value was more than 80% that the patient would not develop epilepsy for a while. Of children with no spikes or slowing, about 90% did not have seizures five years after EEG testing
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>We reported both positive and negative predictive values in the study. Of patients with EEG spikes or slowing, the positive predictive value tells us about 60% will develop epilepsy.
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>The negative predictive value is also important. When a long EEG was completely clear, the negative predictive value was more than 80% that the patient would not develop epilepsy for a while. Of children with no spikes or slowing, about 90% did not have seizures five years after EEG testing
Paper: [Overnight Electroencephalogram to Forecast Epilepsy Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders – ScienceDirect](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022347624003202?via%3Dihub)